Hitachi Energy CoreTec Product
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<h2>Summary</h2>
<p><strong>Hitachi Energy is aware of OS command injection and Dirty Frag vulnerabilities that affect CoreTec product versions listed in this document. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability of the product. Please refer to the Recommended Immediate Actions for information about the mitigation/remediation.</strong></p>
<p>The following versions of Hitachi Energy CoreTec Product are affected:</p>
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<li>CoreTec5 vers:CoreTec5/<=3.4.0, 5.0.0 (CVE-2026-13162, CVE-2026-43284)</li>
<li>CoreTec4 vers:CoreTec4/<=3.4.0 (CVE-2026-13162)</li>
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<td>v3 8.8</td>
<td>Hitachi Energy</td>
<td>CoreTec5</td>
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<td>Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection'), Write-what-where Condition</td>
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<h3>Background</h3>
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<li><strong>Critical Infrastructure Sectors: </strong>Energy</li>
<li><strong>Countries/Areas Deployed: </strong>Worldwide</li>
<li><strong>Company Headquarters Location: </strong>Switzerland</li>
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<h2>Vulnerabilities</h2>
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CRITICAL
Severity & confidence
Source severitycritical
Platform severitycritical
Confidencehigh
Exploitationunknown
CVSS-
Affected
Reporting sources (2)
CISA - Cybersecurity Advisories
NIST NVD - National Vulnerability Database
Timeline & provenance
Published2026-10-29T15:01:28
Last updated2026-11-03T06:03:48
Ingested2026-10-29T15:01:28
FreshnessNEAR-REAL-TIME
Threat typeexploitation
Recommended action
No recommended action published with this item - review the original source.
Next steps
- Identify affected systems in your environment.
- Apply the vendor patch or mitigation guidance.
- Review logs for indicators described in the advisory.
- Follow the affected vendor/product to track updates.
Confidence explanation
Reported by a government or cert-grade source (CISA, NCSC, NVD, ENISA, MSRC).
Source type: gov ยท Original: CISA - Cybersecurity Advisories